The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 46, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 July 1842 — Page 2

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Otm ekEDITOIM ABROAD. At the instance of HIS Excellency, Gov. BIG &br, we publish the following letters from tbe aiders of our bond* in England. The op1 thus made to Hie people of Indiana, on he part of those who loaned them money, in order to carry forward their public enterprise, is respectful and becoming. Every one *wi!l have an opportunity of reading the subjoined communications for himself, and deter'mining in his own mind what is right and proW to be done in a matter which not only

Concerns every citizen, but which pertains to the character of the State and the honor of the nation :—Ind. Journal.

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To SAMCF.L BIGGER, ESQ., Governor of the Stale of Indiana SIR :—At the request of seyeral parlies, holders of the Bonds of the State of Indiana, resident in England, we have undertaken the duty of transmitting to you tiie enclosed document.

The failure of the State to make provision for the punctual discharge of its engagements has necessarily caused disappointment in this country, and this feeiing has been greatly aggravated by the impression that in some of the proceedings of your legislature, at its last session, those efloits that ore really within its power have been relaxed, and a disposition has been indicated to question the obligation of engagements for the discharge of which the faith nnd honorof the Slate have bocn solemn-1

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Holders of the Bonds of Indiana, in this count- ... ryliavcHeemecJ it to be their duty to .ddrew I th?

In submitting this statement, on their behalf, to you, as Governor of the State of Indiana, we beg to assure you that it will afTord us unfeigned satisfaction to be enabled to remove the painful impressions under which it was drawn up. However much the present temporary inability of Indiana to make provision for its engagements as they became due may bo the cause of inconvenience and regret to its creditors in this country, we fee! considerable confidence that these evils would be submitted to with less impatience if the more puinful doubts, which affect the sincerity and good faith of the State, were effectually removed. We are, sir, your most obedient servants.

BENJ. WIGGIN,

'J SAM'L.JONES L(5YD, GEO. W. NORMAN.

We request tho favor of your reply to bo nddreesed to the care of Mr. Charles Stokes, No. 23, Threadnccdle St., London. ...

To SAMUEL BIGGEH, Esq., T\ ^Governor of the State of Indiana. In consequence of tho recent proceedings of tho Legislature of Indiana with respect to the debt contracted by that State, we,the undersigned, being holders of the Bonds of the State, resident England, are compelled to address to you and to the people over which you preside, our serious remonstrance.

The Interest actually duo upon these Bonds is unpaid no provision has been made for the liquidation of the interest now in arrear, nor for the punctual discharge of the future dividends as they shall bccomo due whilst tho Taxes which had been assigned, by an act of tho legislature of 1841, for securing the payment of the future interest, have, as we are informed, been either repealed or appropriated toother purposes.

The circumstances under which we address you, compel us to adopt language which, without violating the respect due to the presiding Authority of an Independent State, shall be suitable to tho extraordinary character of the emergency. When public faith is at issue, and the honor and integrity of a free people are brought under question, we are bound to 4tate our complaints and demands in plain and unequivocal terms.

The Bonds which wo ho!d declare, in the clearest possible manner, that tho State of Indiana is indebted to the Bearer of each Bond, whoever he may he, for the payment of tbe interest as it becomes due, and of the principal sum at a time fixed. They further set forth that this obligation on the part of the State is contracted under the autliority of an act of the legislature passed for that special puruose, ana they conclude with the distinct declaration that for the payment **of tho interest and the redemption of the principal, the fuith of the State of Indiana is irrevocably pledged."

Tho English who invested their money in these securities, did so in full reliance upon the character of the people, upon a due con sideratioa of the condition and promising prospects of the State, and of the purposes of public utility for which the Bonds were understood to he issued* Resting their confidence upon these grounds, and acting upon tbe belief that the money which they lent was destined to bo applied in promoting the develop?ment of the resources and advancing the prosperity of an iillustrious and lising people, they required no exorbitant rate of interest, but purchased tho Bonds on terms which cave no more than a fair remuneration for lending capital in a distant land.

In roapeot therefore, to our claim upon the State, arising upon tbe Bonds now in our possession, there exists no grounds whatever, not the slightest shadow of a pretence, upon which It can oe honestly and honorably questioned.

If Indiana has acted imprudently by incurring a heavier debt than she gave us reason .to believe she intended to do or if she has indiscreetly entrusted any portion of her Bomb to incautious agents or dishonest contractors among her own countrymen of the United States, without taking adequate care to secure jibe faithful discharge of the obligation or debts gf these persons to her, these circumstances furnish no justification or excuse of the nonfulfillment of her contract whh us. That contract is complete in all its forms. Its lan?l!*r distinct, incapable of any doubtful interpretations, and has never been nuestioned by the Executive or Legislative authorities of Indiana daring the period of sev.

to discharge. dbed, hardly proper

Bat it is aistMeeiMry, and, mfor us to enter into this

question. Neither the utility or otherwise of the past expenditure of the State, nor the greater or less degree of pressure which the punctual and honorable discharge ef their engagements rttay impose updn tbe people of Indians^ can afford any ground for invalidating the claims of those who have lent their money to the State, in good faith and upon conditions which are simple and explicit.

Every honest and wise people will cheerfully make whatever efforts may be required, and submit to the sacrifices necessary, for tbe preservation of its credit and the redemption of its faith solemnly pledged. As creditors of the State of Indiana, we call upon her to make these exertions for the purpose of meeting our just claims, and in obedience to those great principles, the violation of which must always bring injury as well as dishonor upon togitions even more than it does upon individuals.

The interest is now unpaid for two half years. We abstained from any remark on th$~

non-payment

of that due in July last, because

we were aware that the legislature of the Slate, in the preceding session, had adopted the report of the Judiciary Committee on the 22d January, 1841, which distinctly acknowledged the responsibility of the State for all tho Bonds that had been issued under legislative sanction, and had pnssed a bill to raise taxes for the future payment of the interest, and also had made a temporary provision for the payment which would be due before those 1 taxes could be collected. We were further

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.i km ..*.. ketsand was not imputable to any neglect on to you tlieir remonstrance. Many, residing at a distance from London, havo not been able to add their signatures to the enclosed document, but in letters to their correspondents here, they have expressed their perfect accordance with tbe sentiments therein expressed and we regret to add, that there are many instances among them.in which great inconvenience nnd distress arc occasioned by the wants of the dividends on their Bonds, on which they had relied as a certain source of income.

the part of the State of Indiana. We waited, therefore, till the legislature should again reassemble, in full confidence that it would adopt such further measures as might be necessary to do justice to the Bondholders.

It is with the greatest astouishment, therefore, that we have recently learned, that in the session of the present year, the legislature has repealed the tax bill pnssed on the 13th February, 1841, which distinctly pledged certain faxes for the payment of the interest of the debt, and has separated without making any provision whatever for liquidating the claims of the Bondholders of the State.

This is nn occurrence of the gravest character. It is, we believe, tbe first instance in the world, in which any legislative assembly, representing the people of a sovereign State, has deliberately refused to recognize its obligations, and it is scarcely credible that this can have occurred in one of the States of the North American Union. The effect of this procedure has been to occasion an universal discredit on every security originating in the United States. States bound together by a common union must, in the estimation of the world at large, possess a common character, and the honor or disgrace which may fall upon any one of them must seriously affect the interest and reputation of all the others with which it is united.

In addressing this remonstrance to you as Governor of the State of Indiana, we consider that we are making a solemn appeal to the honor, to the integrity,and to the public principle of the people of that State. We are confident that we are appealing to a community sensible of these high considerations, and that our appeal will meet with the only proper response. It is therefore our wish and request that it be made known generally to tho people of Indiana.

Wo call upon Indiana to redeem her engagements, and thus to preserve the sanctity of her pledged faith. By this means alone can she remove the stain which now rests upon her credit, and necessarily brings into disrepute nil the sister States of the United Republic.

We have requested Mr. Benjamin Wiggin, Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd and Mr. George Warde Norman, of this city, to transmit to you this remonstrance, and to receive such communications as you may be pleased to address to us in reply.

London, 24th March, Benjamin Wiggin, an American resident in

Londonf Smith, Payne fc Smith, N. M. Rothschild, B. B. Williams, Baring, Bro's. & Co. Palmer, M'Killop&Ca David Bevan, Samuel Dobue dc Sons, S. M. Samuel, J. Hutchinson ifc Son, Sam'I. Jones Loyd, George W. Norman, Charles Dixon Gowan dc Marx, Titos. Moxon, Jr., Mathcw lie lie, Thomas Stokes# Geo. Pea body, of Maryland, U. S., rest dent in London,

H.W. PiekersgiU R-A S» B» Worms, T. Wiggin & Co.,|fi. J. Morillzon Wifoto, Thomas Hudson, (Ienry Norman, «$$$ H. Service, Francis Daniell, Colo-, ncl, resident in Loo don«

SIL* the Bonds Wheft jrou are the anvil, have patie jrere issued. I bat when you are the hummer, bit hard Neither oai* wo behove that the amount of' well. tbe Bonds whieh are to he provided far is ruch Who does not understand a look, wiU

AL^ FIB*** AT IVUIMM —*IIJ A** %. as the Sute of Indiana wouM find it difficult»comprehend along expiaotition.

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George Beadwell, John Beadwell, William Sheffield, Richard P. Jones, William Sneil, John Fe J. H. Cu Geo. Wildes, for self and late partners. Charlotte Stock, John Dillon,- v« W. H. Ogden, J. R. Woodford, James On pel & Coon behalf of numerous holders, Alexander Trotter on behalf of Archibald

Trotter, resident in Edinburgh, ............. John P. Noble,.

STRAW MAMJFACTCRB.—The whole value of the striw manufacture in the State of Massachusetts, is ascertained to exceed two mil lions of dollars a year, and it gives partial employment to more than om hundred thousajigL persons. Few people are aware of the importance of this anparently insignificant branch of industry, it has grown up under the protective system of small beginnings, and has prevented the neceantr of exportiog from this country to France and Italy sixteen hundred thmuastd dollars per annum is apecie, to purchase straws at twenty per cent, less than we now have them. The connty of Norfolk, Mass., exports straw manufactures to the annual value of #600,000, and the town of Franklin, with a popaJarioeof about 1400, has produced •130,006. The labor is performed mostly by fannies and children, labor which would be wholly useless and unproductive. How Important that this productive branch of industry should be preserved, and not struck out of existence to subserve the object of idle politicians.—Maim Cmftimstor.

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The steamer Catatonia, with the Mil Liverpool, arrived at Gmari Wharf at 8 o'clock on Tueadaj aaorniaf. Ufe do net that she brings nyiww efoonamueiiee. .. the AadS steais»er,with he mi! of thetsf'OflsBe, aiffttd atLiverpeoi oa the 14th. ier sad iMwnieb hot aid Al*, Engf»nd,and the pa pert complain or draajM, aril of mule there is theaepst (rambling ahoeterops. wheat crop, asya on* paper, owing to tho wet and la deficient of the requiaitan

The weather 4fft»nd,aad tl mule there is the'aspat (rambling ahoat erapa^ wheat crop, aaya on# season last aaianin, ia of planta to produce a fall crop," and another aecpaat my* that "in cpnarqanes af the dry weather awing the Spring, tbe crop of hay {alight.** Theaotton Market appeals to have been withoet anaeh ebaaga, .aid basineaa wu moderate.

The local political newt in the Gngikb papers is aaintenatiag. The jroang man who phot at the ffaliin hasbom tried for trwaaan, Iband nut and antrntad to be hanged, drawn and qoarteied.

The Northeastern Rmirttwrr naration name np aiha H««of Commons on the iSih nit., on a qneatioohv Mr. fyisraeli to Mr. Peel, but it aatonated tnnnilang more than a qnaatlon and anewer, the minister atmting that he had no knowledffe of the proceedings ofthehegoitation that it. waa proper to impart to the Hoaaa, and Mr. lanteii ehowiag tnat ha wanted to a^jjc with a matter of whieh he knew nothing. 's

The Kjaoo of Parliament waa expected to elflss ia July, and it wmid thst the only qnestion of any iateiest now to be acted npon ia the new poor law bill.

A royal proclamation haa been iasned. ordering diat ^i!!^,re,,n,

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grains, shall not be allowed to paa current. It iaeia* led that about one-third of the goTd in circalatinais under weight and aome of the sovereigns are intrinaically worth no more than 18a fid or 15r the half a«iw etgna not more than 9 or 6d. It ia snopn^d Out a new gold coinage is aboat to iarae, fortified by aome new m«iraa«ainat the frandBleat practices ofvweating'' and plugging."

The news from France that the Chamber oft*putieawd'wolTed^hd the clwtions are to tafe place on the 9th of this month. The two Chambers an to meet on the Sd of Angnst. The French papers&ra kll of diseossions nnon the elections.

Mrs.Fsnny Kemhle Batter haa lately performed lie, in the Huncliback, at a party, being a prirsteaserc"c of he part preparatory to ner once more appear, ing at Covent Garden Theatre at the next srasoa.

LONWMI Mom Miani.

The Three perCsat. Spanish Bondaara the only iktc* umenu or

this kind mentioned to^lay. The quoution

is rather lower, being 33 ft-8, although some rsliania appears to Ue placed on the report that tbe money for the dividend hai been procured.

The Bank of England are about to afford every faculty to the public in disposing of their light gold. A notice has bern imied, stating ihat they will now take sums as low as £30 instead of £80, as heretofore, will prove of benefit, much inconvenience having artsen from the difficulty of converting small amotinta, except through bullion brokers, who have not givsa as high a rate as the Bank.

DISTRESS TW .If ANCHKSTEK —A meeting of the shopkeepers of Manchester, called to take into consideration the depressed state of their trade, took place kbsi4 day evening, the 13th.

I' appears that the working classes in that great cap* it*' °f our manufuctures are in a wretched condition— many of them, indeed, driven by their privations to a state of desperation, and niter disregard of consequent ces. One of the speakers, Mr. Hampeon, a grocer and provision dealer, gave a moat graphic aeoount oC-da appalling acenes ne and hia brother shop-keopsra wen every day compelled to witness:

It was only the other day." be said, "a man came into his .shop and seised a piece of cheese—being tbf nf®' article of food near him on entering the shop* lie

Mr. Hampson) jumped from behind the counter, sad said to the man, 'Why are you doing tbia?' The man said,'he was stsrving to death for food.' He told the man he might as well let breed serve his purpose, and not take cheese and the man, who seemed to be worked up to pitch of grest excitement, then seixad hold of a four-pound loaf, relinquishing hia hold of the chtitse. He said to the man, 'Why are you in such excitement, and look so angry what have I done to offend you" The man then repeated that he and hia family were starving, and he (Mr. Hampson,) though he hod an opportunity of preventing hia eecape* could not bring himself to it, but mid, 'Well, tbfcn, well not call this stealing, the bread ia yours

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with it. Nor was this a Military ense of levying provisions in this way. Within the Isst week.' ten or a dozen men in a party had come to his shop and demanded relief, his wife gladly avniling herself of the opportunity to nut her own hand into the till to relieva them. Contributions on his neighbors through the street Were levied at the same time* and in thqsam# manner. Now'these were a trial I b^innings*-tiaa knew where they would end He sddea 'that the poor were dying around him in all directions.*"

CAITDRBIF IS TBS MlttS ANDCoLLtESm.

-—In the House of Commons. Lord Ashley moved ibr leave to bring in a bill to make regulations respecting the age and sex of persona employed in the mineaand collieries. He prefaced his motion by a powerful spf? sonse and sympathies of members ia half of the miserabte wretches who are subjected to such unparalleled cruelty, and by numerous details of facts, drawn from the report on this subject, by a commission appointed on his motion. [An abstract ofthia report, from a London paper, was published in this paper some daya ago. and we shall hereafter publish a portion of Lord Ashley1* speech, which will give a still more gloomy picture of the horrors which he is Isborjng to relieve.] At the eloee of his speech, Lord Ashley said-

He had labored to bring the young people within the reach of a moral and religious education knowing full well that they were seed of future generations n» akisens, snd that in the progress of things and opinions, they could neither with safety nor with hnpe calculate, ,Wi f0*",*n education, they Would oeeome that which he hoped it would pleaae God they might, a wise and an understanding generation. They might know wliar was the extent of their territory, and what the number of nations that they governed. Financial calculations. too, might tell them, what wars their gsins, and what the loases to the national treasury but the difficulty'was, to aacertain what were the moral statistics of a kingdom. He knew that many people ju%nu of tnoM by criminal returns, and thought that they extnbitedI the condition of the people. Hit, on the other hand, believed such returns to be most fallacious be* cause he firmly believed that a eountrv might be in a most fearful and perilous condition, and yet it could be shown that what contributed most to such peri) rarer tmpeared before a magistrate, or infringed the law.— The noble lord after reading some returns for Msnehes* ter and other plaeea, which illustrated ihis point, aaid —Sorely he had said enough to show that they were authorised, aa an assembly of men—not toaay of Christians, to put an end to this atate of things. They had given twenty millions of money to purchase ibeshelinon of mgro slavery, and now by their determination 5155*

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and freedomfor many a broken spirit and many a bruis ed heart. "Phey might/rap women fnnn their slavery, itionv pormit the voung to invigorate their franes for future labor, while they gave them the opportunity of acquiring the knowledge and the practice of virtue, morality, and religion, ft was for tbia end that he proposed to pot an end to the barbarous acts he had exposed—to improve tbe good—to reclaim the wicked. He concluded ^in the language of holy writ, "Let us break off oar sine by rignteoasaMa. and* oar iniquities by showing merev to the poor, if it majrtwa lengthening of oar tranquility." t,

IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO, The United States frigate Macadoniaa arrivail at Pfcnmcofo last Monday Awn Vara Cms. Whea she left, the yellow fever was very bad. deaths SO or 40 per day, ana was very bad also at Tampieo. Commodore Wilkinson famished the editor of the Pensscola, Ga* sette with several interesting doeameets latdv issosc' by the Mexican Government. They are all armed agaiaat Texas, sad against the United States for allowing so much sid as has boon given to Texas by Amsri can citinens within tbe United States.

The first paper ia a elrcnlar ta Mexieaa ilipfiwaaili and consular agents in Europe snd America. It states the coastsat soiicitode and rerent preparation of the Mexican Government for the "recooqueat of the department of Texas *1 oomplaina that "the Govarameat and sabordinate and local anthorities" af the Uaitad Statea have "tolerated tranqailly, eoateatedljr. aad impassively the namerona p-mic meetiaga whica am bald, tbe armaments and other aids of war that her eitiasas and constantly to Texas aad annaaaess that Saata Anna has "protested formally aad repeatedly aaainst aaeh aa open violation of the principles af the friendship laws ef nations, snd of the treaties af bad been fanned."

Enclosed ia thiecnvslar are oircalars tbe Diplomatic Ministers of England, Flnmaa, Qpaia, Praasia, aad the Uaitorf States, and a apeaal note addreaaad «o the Hon. Daniel Webeter, Secretary ef State of the Uaitad Stems, both dated on tbe 31a« of May. These papers are directed to be pebiiehsd as Mh as pnarible, by the Maxiesa afaats, throeghent Berope aad Aamrica.

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and anniac of war against Mexico and' the formal and repeated tbsss braachce sf the law

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treaties and rreiteetlwt to the aad that the athsr Owwaigam nmy teappraed af saeh.aeta.aad knew that "Mamas. wiAeat defniai to diststh tharalatiaea wUch sdwt sit the United Statas, wM kmm- how may ha ps^m manifest aad caass to heappreeismd the JssMWMA

the lew of astisiM taahiat ass sf aad dignity impsistlraly desBadb."'— W. T.

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Kouiiioif nucuri IPERCH, Oa laadiaa Mr. Clay ^speech, which as throagh the madimn of jraar eolparticalarly attack with the aeveral ^MfjansaaMtatd, which coaatitatethe mat 4if. tasft beUsatn the two nartiaa that now exist in ear tyjmhlie. flow we ask theeandid oonsidetation of all •eat ere iaaeke tbe spitrii of patriotism, of jastice, af (rattii of law sad ordsr. to pdaaer an Uiese things.— We note these poiatsof difieleacs more ia sorrow than ia aiMter. We fnllfF/believe that the great nu^arity of theifan Baren party weald be with aa. if they could have theaepartieeUirs placed foirly before them, uniniaeaead by *, gniltv liesnctioas prem. They am so plain, aad t&ehrood boundary between the right aad

so distinctly marked, that plain common

sense aad nataral lave which most mea have for trath and jastiee^ cannot hesitate to decide. Without farther prebpe, we proceed now, to note these items.

The Whig petty oppoee, ia the first place, the unlawful anaaer of admitting aew States iata the UDtOO* 4. They oppaeed, and will ever oopnss, the outrage eommittM on the sovereign State or New Jeraey, by whiah her legal reprassntatives were set aside, ana ^nrioos ones admitted to ssats ie thd Hoase of Representatives- This is one of the greatest sins that tbe leaders of the Yea Baren party have in answer for— It waa by this act that the Sub-Treasary fiaally became a law. 3. Nullification, whieh is nothing more nor tern thaa aa assamptioa by oae sute to abrogate within its limits, a law passed by the tS Sutes in Congrsm asssmbled. 4. The late revolutionary attempt in Marvland to subvert the existing government and set np anew one without any anthontv of law. The 19 will ever be remembered, but are forbear now to call names. 5. Tin refuaa! of a minority in the Legislature of Tennessee, to co-operate with the msjorit v, to execute a poaittve injunction of the eonetitution of the United 8tatee to appoint two S. Senators, because the result •f doing their duty arotild have been the electioa of two Whis Senators. 6. Then them is repadistion. that fool stain npon tbs Americaa character, cant chieflv by the Van Boren oar* ty of Mississippi, gad which will require rtsrs to efface from onr bright escutcheon. 7. The snpport given'to Executive asurpationa. and the expunging the records of the Senate of the United Ststes the latter effected at the inatance of tbar^rinee ef JrsMgeffaet, the/rr*U

ietf-raOsr of Miseouri.

& The recent rrfnsal of Sute Lrgtslaturea to pam Iswa to carry into effect tbe act of Coagreas, to distribate the pmceade of the public landa among the 8tatea. 9. The last, though not leaet, instance of the mani* foatation of a spirit of disorganisat ion, is the recent convulsion in Rhode Island. Kvery one knows the history of this business snd the leaders of what party it waa that encouraged theas Dorr insurgents. Tbs leading presses of the Van Bnren party at Washington, Albany, New York and Richmond, came oat in support of tbe Dorr party.

Now can any man in his sober senses give his support to saeh a party that maintain such doctrines, snd who have been {guilty of such outrages Forbid it Heaven! forbid it all that we hold dear as Republicsns, as Christians and ss men.

MR. CLAY IN MASSACHUSETTS* The Boston Atlas publishes Mr. Clay's speech st Lexington, and accompanies it with tbe following remarks: 1HR. CLAY'S SPEECH.

We publish, in this morning^ paper, the speech of Mr. Clay, about which so much hss been mid, and which was delivered at a complimentary festival given tn him by hie fellow citiaena of Lexington, Kentuckv. With the viewe expressed by Mr. Clay, in his speech, nearly every person who hss any right to claim to belong to the Whig party, will heartily coincide. We have deemed it our duiv to lay this Addrem before our readers, as the views ot this grest statesman are likely hereafter to have an importaut influence on our public affairs, aa they have hac fo

(or many years past us to every man. ring events, thst the great

It must be perfectly obvious to'every man, who is observer of psi sn accurate

body ef the Whig perty throughout the country are taming their eyes towards this distinguished staiesmsn with reference to tbe next election to the Presidency of the United States. This feet is not to he concealed, if we had the least deeire to conceal it. He has slready been put in nomination by general Whig conventions, hoiden in several of the States, snd bjr county and District conventions, and vsrious public journals in others. In our own State, aeveral Whig papers have already placed his name at the head of their columns, and a strong disposition is manifested among tha Whigs, on all hands, to accord to him their support.

The depths of disappointments snd despondencv, into which the unpardonable eourse of the scting Preeident, Mr. Tyler, has thrown the party by whom hs was elevated to hia present eminence—the embarrassment in which the pecuniary affairs of the government were involved by tfte JLoco Focos, sqd which tbe President hss done nothing as yet to relieve—the distress and bankruptcy which pervades the busmen of the country, and for which there is no sympsthy or relief to be looked for from the Executive, seem to hsve convinced the Whig party that they have nothing to hope in the present position of affairs, and that they must place their reliance upon their abilitjr tochange the Teins of government into other, more faithfnl and competent handa The lost veto certainly was not expee'ed by us, and we believe it was not anticipated by any considerable portion of our party. It haa opened the eyea of our political friends to the neceasitv of seeking out some more reliable leader, and of placing their confidence in a stronger head.

The action of our own State, on this subject, will be highly important. The Whigs of Massachusetts have generally acted in uniaon, and they have never been defeated. Their determination upon this point may, snd probably will, have a powerful influence upon the action of the Whigs of several other States.— This lesson, snd others thst might be nsmed, seem to demsrtd thst the course tsken should be such ss to secure the cordis! co-operation of all the true Whigs of onr Commonwealth. The Whigs of Msasachusens, when they move, must march in solid phalanx. The great majority which she gave to the lamented Hsssisow—blessed be his memory—thst majority she can give again, to any sterling, stsunch Whig, When the day of battle comes, we pledge ourselves that TBS WBMS or Tax OLD BAY STATE WILL as an BAND.— They will not permit their ancient reputation to be stained by defeat. Open enemies snd hlse friends will be routed and dispersed—and if the Government ia not administered,'in the year 1845, by men. both in the first and second offices, respecting whose fidelity to Whig principles there is ne mistike, the fault shall not rest upon the shoulders of tbe good old State of Mi chasetts,

THE YOICE OF MASSACHUSETTS. The Boston AtlSe continues its remsrks on the Veto Mesoage. It spssks liks a trae eon of the Old Bay State:

From tkf BotUm Allot.

THE VETO MESSAGE!

That moat singular of all public documents—the Memsfe accompanying the Presidential Veto ef tbe Provisional TsriflT Bill may he found on our first psge. Tint the Praadeat of the United Stetes should have undertaken to exeroiae tbe Veto Power upon bill which was merely temporary in its effect—which waa intended to keep the existing rates of doty in operation, and to suspend the Lsnd nil, for aboat a month, for

be purpoas of allowing Congress topsrfct a avstem of Reveooe, and agree upon such a Tariff aa might be deemed advimble, is a moat extraordinary thing— There is no pretence that tbia Provieional Rill ia unconstitutional, in any ef ita feataiea. The Pmidem has thae undertaken to ueurp. aa we think, the Legislative functions of Congress He has set himself up as a judge of tbe rxpmliemci of acta passed by the Reprasentstives of the People and the States. He thasassames the control of tbe whole legislation of the country—and it may he expected hereafter, during hie official career, that any ad passed by the Senate1 aad House af RepreeeateUvea, which does not happen to sail his fastidious mate, will be made a sabject for the exerciee of the Veto. It weald ha better, perhapu, for each Hooae of Congram toappoiat a Staadiag Committee, whoae doty should be to take every act which cornea before the body, and pinmnt it to the President, snd humbly beg of him to say whether such aa act, if passed, would be likely to eecare to itself bis royal approbation. This woaId save a great deal of ami em debate, and tbe waste of «nerh valuable time as there woald be little ase ia attemptiag toperfect sad pam a momre,whicfa tbe President had predetermined to veto. Thia plea, to be sere woald eat cover the whole difBcalty—masmadi as the Executive might chance to change bis mind several limes, between the iahiatiea of a aMsaere and ia fail sage tbroagfa both Hoasea

We have not conversed w,th a single individual, proftasing to belong ro the Wing Party, who attempts to

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fadjj"msilyea wonderfully nmtakea. Nothing «n poswbiy eecer, ee hkaiy toantteifae Whig ram aad amatt anch a foresaa lo crash alt he aeaa eneawm, aad itspmandad bat foheAwnde,as thedefeat efamwwiw, tfismnuaatiag TsriC by means af the PiamUaiial Ve«o. Ia that eveat, we shall saon hava aa Aaanaiatratwa that will aot permit any ridiealoae eaaaowiaoat aeraafes, or pacafiar vieara, to pieveat it tndar asnas of Whig amsaarea them, the yshllsiawai ef a ., aeaa, the adeqeate ptiwulion sfthepradastaaadlaharat earoaantry,aadthedbtriWriM s| theprseeads ef Pabfic Laads uwy thaStatea. We ware ia feme to hesparerf, for many

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CROPS AND pounci IN VIMWIA. Extract af a kttaSCpoai Clarke Coanw. 1ft Our harvest has camabaced in good mbm* foce of the earth ia fHlld with abandaaes. asap is eaanng in ssach batter thaa was •ma* once: ear feara oftftwiSl e«ma mit^re happily not realised,' arefantally iit)erad. Rra is moch .^ *ad oais promiae a twenty foM tetam and with

CP*d season, wa nu raaeonahly expiet a fotr avaraWBrop of Cesa, in Spite of the warm, whoss early doPtasauone tiuraaiened deairaciion, bat did aot discour''P .*? .ewte»pris»qt and indaatrmaa former. But

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Alaat urn Grab Worms or HOMBOBS at Washington, nave more UM ciaally deatroyed that, than the CM! uwrm did ear eom, or theruat or thesmat overdid nor wheat. In short, general whjictf atthestemeto haveawmw aver the coantry end blighted oar once wholeoome curreaey and mpped the foendation of oar growing proaP«»tr. I? there no remedy, ia there no cure for the evi11 I think there ia. Let that policy against which an anreienting and mvage warfare has sn long been weged, be restored. Let the enercv, enterprise and in. dastry af ihis wkle spread eommenity ha stimulated hy that poliqr. and in a short time all will be accomplished that can he desired.

If I mistake not thesigaof the times, the restoration of that pnlicjr is at hand. The great political Ball of ia agaia ia aiotion. although checked for a time by Tfbrina. Let it roll on through every State and Territory, aad not atop until it arrives at the city of Washington with some of the best Cur of Kentucky.

I am no prophet nor the son of a prophet, vet I will venture to predict, that in 1844 the police of HENRY CLAY will he hailed thrnughoat tbe Uaion, as the onlv trae policy to render as independeat, proeperous, aad happy. M*.

Extract of a latter from Loudoaa county. Vs.* Tbe country bss suffered somewlwt in the wheat harveat, but I do not think the injury is ss extensive ss' some fear. Some of oar farmers have suffered from rust and scab—and theae evils have prevailed more or leas throughout—yet, there will be, at least, an average good crop. "1 am happy to inform you that the Whigs of Loudoun are as trae es atetl, snd that CLAV atock is rising every day. I believe that Loudoun will be more enthusiastic in 1843 than ahe was in 1840. The unexampled treachery of Mr. Tvler hss now rowd the indignation of the people, and some of the Loco Foeoa even anite in denouncing the bass conduct of bis "accidental excellency*11

Extract of a letter from Fairfax county, Va. Tha Whigs here are all united for Cur. There ia no defection, end I may add, no lukewarmness and what is mora, there are ehangao from the Loco Fnco ranks in favor of Clay. I believe the county will give Hitrrv of the West a larger majoritv than was given to the Hero of Tippecanoe. The spirit ie getting up with us very fast.

The Washington correspondent ot the New York American communicates the following stsiement of tbe business done during the long setsions of the 26th and 87th Congresses, respectivel

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StATSMSNT of husii of the 96th Congress. 460 bills reported up to June S4th«: 403 passed the House 21 Senate bills passed 639 printed Reports of Committees.

STATSMSNT of huainceo done during the long eeseion

Stsiement of business done during the long session of the 37th Congress: 414 bills reported up to June94th«-' 223 passed the House 32 Sensts bills passed the House. 881 printed Reports of Committees.

Tbe above ie a comparative stsiement nf the program nf business in the Hume of Repreauntalives in this Congress snd sll preceding Congresses. The Houss of Representatives in the Isst Congrem (26th) did more business snd did it faster than any that preceded it.— This shows JFOU how far the preaent Congrem exceeds all others in industry, fidelity, and merit.

In quality, the printed reports of ths present House surpass those of prooeding Houses even mora than in quantity and number. 1 need but refer you to such as tnossof the Committee of Ways and Meane, Mann* factum. Commerce, Public Expanditurea, Revolutionary Claims, Foreign Affairs, Claims, die. All thess are without a parallel in preceding Houeee, for extent ofresesrch and investigation, calculation, compilation, study and composition.

This comparative view of legislative business is an authentic statement, drawn up st my request in the office of theClerk of the House of Representatives, where it was msde up on the 26th of Junef by the principal Clerk, by a careful exsmination of records.

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down somewhere, a 'bankrupt' wss imprisoned because hecould*nt pay his debte. It wss customary with a certain clergyman to visit the prisoners once pr twice week^ ana give them advice and instruction. It so hsppened that on the day after the debtor wee imprisoned the clergyman visited the jail, and his attention was arrested by the vociferous language of some person in an adjoining cell venting the most horrid imprecations and blasphemies. Ths good man instantly hurried to the scene of confusion, where he beheld an individual standing on an old stool in a corner, ripping and swearing wholeaale oaihs at the walla, gates, floor and door of the jail, his fellow-priaoncrs, and every thing around him. The minister approached the debtor, and mid to him, 'Friend, it is very wrong to swesr ss you do: why will you do it?1 'Because.1 replied the nrieoner, 'I've understood thnt S man may awear out of jail in thirtv days, snd I want to see if 1 canH do it tn fifteen, I'm going to set up all night and do

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Fnm Ike Philadelphia V. $. Oaxettt. LOOK OUT FOR TREASON* The Madisonian of yesterday contains the following awful annunciation. What in the name of treason is coming? "CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE PRESI­

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"To-morrow we purpose giving the details of the conspiracy to tear down the Executive branch of the Government. The Constitution is in danger our freedom is in jeopard# but still we hope and believe the dastard plotters will be defeated. We believe that Mungum .will not obtain possesion of the government even for an hour. He lacks too many of the qualities of a Cromwell* But there are others, not membors of Congress, of better intellect than the avowed impeachert. who will be astonished to find that we are familiar with nil their secret, selfish movements for months past. It is our intention to give the particulars to-morrow. In the mean time, let all true men be prepared to stand by the Constitution."

Now, of coarse, we are to have the real thunder and earthquakes. Hitherto all has been merely curds and whey, and, asSancbo Pnnza was wont to declare, look lo your Constitution, gentlemen—look to the President— lode to the Madisonian—all are in danger.— Look to your freedom—even that is in jeopardy. The Executive is to be

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We want tbe horrid disclosure* The National Intelligencer copies the loregoing, and appends to it these remarks:

Meeting with the above alarming notification in so respectable a journal as the United States Gazette, we looked into the Madisonian of Saturday for the details of this "conspiracy to tear down the Executive branch of the Government and we there found a moat absurd and preposterous story, the mere coin4ge of some disordered brain* of a plan oo the part of the Whigs in Congress, in case of another Veto, to declare tbe President to be incapable of carrying on the Government, and to devolve the Executive functions upon the individual who, under the Constitution, would succeed to the Presidential office in the event of his death, resignation, or iaaabclit the powers and duties of that

It can hardly be necessary to say, for the information of any intelligent reader, that this story.with all its circumstances, is altogether destitute of foundation, tvnlees it be perchance in aome sportive remark in fit miliar conversation, which has been mistaken for a aerious •uggeation. Certain it is, that no design in anj wise resembling that imputed to tbe Whigs in Congress entertained by them as a party, if by any individual belonging to that party. Out of what material tlie story has been woven would be an inquiry more curious thaa valuable. The whole alory, from the beginning to the eod, is, the reader may be asanred, but

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From da Beftismm FHriau

We have received a number of letters fani different parts of the country in relation to our remarks upon the last Veto Message. .These bear to Us the cheering evidence that l^ypeqiirte meets with the warm approbation of onr friends every where. From among the letters received, we select the following for publication, tho author of which is a distinguished member of Congress, and one of the truest-hearted Whigs in the Union. The letter was not written, for publication, bat it so clearly points out the evils that now beset the country, and Ihetr causMhnt we cannot resist the temptation to lay it before our readers.^lt gives us.too, the assurance that no matter what betide. Congress will dj its duty, and that so fnr as the writer is concerned, will not adjourn until something is accomplished for the good of the country.

Ok* Smhiwt** PmtriM.

WASHINGTON, Jaly 2,1848.

Mif Dear Sir: I have read wirh infinite gratification, your notice of the late Vefo, and I cannot withhold my congratulations to you, to the Whig party, and to the whole country! on the stand, you have taken. Send me your paper, and consider me a subscriber during the war. You are not unaware that the Ba|* timore Patriot haa been a great favorite in the country, particularly the West. As far as my influence can avail, It shall continue to be so.

The Whigs have been wronged—deeply, grievously wronged—wronged without cause and without excuse^ Heretofore we have had different opinions and views of the course that ought to be observed toward Mr. Tyler. These multiplied instances of the Executive prerogative are uniting ua once more, and will make us the same great and triumphant party that we were in 1840. *he exercise of exorbitant power roused the nation against Mr. VanBuren. We are not Whigs if we submit to it from any man. You have shown your spirit. Rely on it, the example will be 1 lowed to an extent thnt will make the President at least pause.—Ono thing remains to be done. It is to vindicate Congress from the aspersions which are daily cast upon it by the pnrtizans of Mr. Tyler. It is a part of their policy to bring Congress into odium—to render the majority obnoxious to the country —to excite a feeling that the President is pa. triotic, and Congress factious. Never hive I seen a more laborious and indefatigable majority. If we had been so fortunate

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For one I shall not consent fo adjonrn until we have accomplished something for Hie country. Tho President woujd, no doubt, be very glad to get clear of us. But so long as there is the most distant hope, I will remain, and return home only, when our efforts snd our powers shall prove to be unavailing,

The Wheat Crop of 1842^

From the present apftenrances the wheat crop of 1842 will bo tho lurgest ever harvested in America. Michigan it is said will havo a surplus of 3,000,000 bushels, Ohio will exceed her productions of last year, and also Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and other Western States. Even Arkansns has been added to the wheat growing States this year, and has already secured quite ft large crop. So also has Alabama and Northern Mississippi. In Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania there will be from alt accounts more than an average crop,nnd in New York thus for, our wheat growers have no reason to complain. The most authentic data wt have seen, estimates the surplus wheat crop of the United States the present year at 80,000,000 bushels, or 6,000,000 barrels of flour. This being the case, the important question arises, where shall we find a market for it. Great Britain and her colonifea in North America may take directly and indirectly about 5,000,000 bushels, South Amerii ca and the West Indies 3,000,000, and the rest of tbe world as much more. This will leave on our hands 19.000,000 bushels without a purchaser and in case the crop in dlroat Britain should be a good one,several millions in addition. So large a surplus will of course render wheat a drug in the market, and eon* sequently cause a great fall in its value. This fall will of course embarrass he farmer, and through them the commercial, manufacturing, and fathering classes generally.

With an adequate and permanent protective Tariff no such embarrassments as fhrno now apprehended need occur. Many thousand persons would then be employed in manufactures, and in other pursuits other than agricultural, ia addition to tbose now so employed who would be able to consume our surplus wheat crop and pay for it in those commodities which we now receive from abroad. Commerce, and especially internal commerce, the most profitable of all, because the safest—and manufactures woufd fiourish and agriculture also by reason of the home market, steadily increasing, wiiici'i the two former interests would build up. The farmer of tbe interior could then pay his debts duo the merchant and manufacturer of tho seaboard in the produce of his soil because wheat would always be in demand. At pros* ent, as we all know, we can do this only in a limited degree, since whett can seldom be remitted to Europe to meet there the payments of our merchants for the foreign manufactures coosumed by the people of this country* We admit these manufactures info our port% in many cases free, and for the most part subject to high duties while Europe imposes upon our wheat restrictions so high'as generally to amount to a prohibition.

We have aaid nothing thus far of the low price of labor in Europe another cause wb»ch renders it almost^ impossible that our wheat should ever seriously compete with hers* in her own market even allowing that it were admitted with low duties. When thai additional fact is considered, is it not strange that any of our people can believe thnt this,. country can prosper without an adequate pnH tective Tariff! For our port we believe it tar. be impomike—Troy Whig. ...

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in carrying our measures into effect, we could have closed this session two months ago. We have voted the administration the supplies it asked. The Senate has confirmed 19 out of 20 of the President's nominations. We have been faithful toAim. And how hove we been requited? Because ihe Senalo does not think proper to record every edict because it has rejected unworthy and incompetent men because has dared to question the policy of some of the measures that he has recommended because it has ventured to think for itself —it is denounced as factious and its members "mousing politiehnV and John Tvler is tho Simon Pure of tho Nation.

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